that made him the sexiest man in -- because of magic mike, the chippendales thing. we can be chippendales. let's do it. welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc. first in business worldwide. i'm joe kernen along with andrew ross sorkin, and they were talking about you don't want to be an elf. you said. that's like tony fratto wrote in that's like the elf in rudolph. his mother wanted him to be a dentist and instead he was an elf, and he did not want to be -- what was his name? >> i haven't seen it. >> herby. >> herby wanted to be a dentist. becky quick is off today and someone said it's like a -- meatless. we're like a couple of tasteless pieces of bread without anything -- >> oh, yeah. >> chopped liver. our guest host this morning, jason trennert. chief investment strategist, i say strat eegous, because it's strategy. >> strategas, that was your firm, you used to be for years at ifi. >> that's right. 15 years. >> so you had trennert, which was a palindrome. >> isi. >> and now strategas. >> a man, a plan. >> first andrew has the morning headlines. >> it's a shorten